CMV: People are not more nuanced offline, they are simply less visible.

In regards to politics or social issues, there is a presence of groupthink where you can either fully agree or disagree. No space or patience for a gray area take.

People say that it’s just that strong opinions are promoted more heavily on the Internet and that people IRL aren’t actually like that.

I think that people IRL are not necessarily less black-and-white, they are just more quiet. We have more social incentive to stay PC offline. Maybe people are just as polarized offline but we feel like it’s isolated to online because of the anonymity aspect.